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octopede

octopede noun: any eight-legged creature.

Noun

octopede (plural octopedes)

  1. Any eight-legged creature.
    • Spiders are octopedes.

Forms of octopede

pluraloctopedes
alternative formoctoped
alternative formoctopod

Origin of octopede

From octo- + -pede. Piecewise doublet of octopus and octopod.

Questions about octopede

What does octopede mean?
Octopede means any eight-legged creature.
What part of speech is octopede?
Octopede is a noun.
What is the plural of octopede?
The plural of octopede is octopedes.

Words near octopede in the dictionary

  1. octopartite
  2. octopawn
  3. octopean
  4. octoped
  5. octopedal
  6. octopede
  7. octopedes
  8. octopeds
  9. octopeptide
  10. octopetalous
  11. octophobia

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